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  • The Ant Bully
  • Opened July 28, 2006 | Runtime:1 hr. 28 min.
  • PG
    some mild rude humor and action
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 6+. Read More
  • After bullying a group of ants in his backyard, a 10-year-old boy learns some important life lessons about friendship and tolerance when the ants magically shrink him down to their size, and sentence him to live like an ant in their colony.
  • Cast: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Paul Giamatti, Zach Tyler Eisen
  • Director: John A. Davis
  • Genres: Animated, Family

The Ant Bully Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    great movie!!!

    by glxy

    took my kids and they didnt just like it

  • Go

    Fun times

    by redyeah

    The unimaginative say this is just A Bug's Life with a kid thrown in. But this movie is more than that. A lot of fun and a few messages thrown in.

    The cast is amazing. The voice work is some of the best in a long time.

  • Must Go!

    sooooo cute

    I loved it i was just so darn cute!!!

The Ant Bully Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe Stein

    Family entertainment at its best.

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    An effortlessly clever animated confection.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Stephen Hunter

    The movie is an epic adventure with a rigorously moral point of view.

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Wesley Morris

    The movie has a great time playing with ideas of scope and perspective,...

The Ant Bully Movie Ratings + Reviews

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